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Tidalis cover art

Tidalis

Arcen Games · 2010-07-16

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 16, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 16, 2010 (Mac), Jun 16, 2010 (Linux)

Tidalis is a block-based puzzle game with casual appeal, hardcore depth, and an addictive new "streams" mechanic. The game is brimming over with riffs and variants on that core mechanic with 20 game modes, dozens of special blocks and items, and 115 levels in the adventure mode alone.

Tidalis is a 2010 Casual, Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 239 reviews).

0
playing now
64%
positive of 239 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Tidalis is a tile-matching video game developed and published by Arcen Games.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 29,178 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.6k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 239 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.24-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at GreenManGaming (2015-05-15) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 37 of 55 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520112026Week of 2011-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.95$0.842015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-06-25 — best price $4.992015-12-04 — best price $4.992016-05-04 — best price $0.992016-10-03 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.142017-07-03 — best price $2.482018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-09-13 — best price $4.992019-08-19 — best price $4.992020-03-05 — best price $4.992020-06-06 — best price $4.992020-07-05 — best price $3.662020-08-06 — best price $4.992020-09-15 — best price $4.992020-10-17 — best price $4.392020-11-15 — best price $4.992020-12-25 — best price $3.662021-01-24 — best price $4.142021-02-24 — best price $4.142021-03-28 — best price $4.142021-04-29 — best price $4.142021-06-08 — best price $4.142021-09-04 — best price $3.662021-11-12 — best price $3.662022-01-19 — best price $4.992022-05-13 — best price $1.062022-11-22 — best price $1.242023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-11-06 — best price $1.242024-02-12 — best price $1.242024-06-20 — best price $1.242024-10-24 — best price $1.242025-01-24 — best price $3.662025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-11-21 — best price $1.132026-04-19 — best price $3.892026-09-03 — best price $1.242026-10-14 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

702026-05-30 — 0 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 0 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-19 — 0 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-01 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1 pageviews2026-07-16 — 0 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 0 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 0 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 0 pageviews2026-08-18 — 0 pageviews2026-08-22 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1 pageviews2026-09-08 — 1 pageviews2026-09-12 — 0 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 1 pageviews2026-09-24 — 0 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 1 pageviews2026-10-06 — 0 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
53.7%
earned "Victory!"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIncludes level editorRemote Play Together

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,8554%64

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieCasualPuzzleMatch 3ColorfulMultiplayerLevel Editor

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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